Lahoud steps down; no successor Lebanese President has left the presidential palace after not naming a successor, and is calling on the army to preserve the nation's security

MPs fail to elect president

Nov.22

Impasse could bring chaos

Sep.25

Presidential vote delayed

Sep.24

Politicians seek safety in guarded hotel

Sep.20

PM: 'Bomb won't stop Lebanon poll'

Assassination spurs calls for strike

Sep.19

Anti-Syrian lawmaker dies in blast

A massive bombing killed parliamentarian Antoine Ghanem and at least 4 others. He was a Christian Maronite and a member of Phalange Party. The blast will reduce the parliamentary majority from 69 to 68, preventing them from electing a free president. World...

Hariri killing suspects charged The prosecutor has charged four pro-Syrian generals in connection with the murder of former Prime Minister

Aug.30

Ex-security chiefs held

Aug.22

Explosion rocks Christian area

Jul.12

Beirut bomb targets deputy PM

Jun.30

Anti-Syrian Saniora appointed PM

Jun.20

Hariri camp secured majority in parliament The anti-Syrian opposition is breaking Damascus' long political hold on its tiny neighbor

Jun.4

Hundreds mourn Beirut journalist

Jun.2

Blast kills journalist

May.29

Opposition claims Beirut election

Apr.15

New premier vows transparency

Mar.27

Hariri blast video aired on TV

Mar.26

Bomb hits Beirut's Christian area

Mar.14

Massive protest marks Hariri death Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Beirut for an opposition rally 4 weeks since Hariri was assassinated

Mar.2

Opposition lists demands

Feb.28

Lebanon's pro-Syrian PM resigns

Feb.27

Protesters vow to defy ban

Feb.16

Hariri buried amid chaotic scenes

Feb.15

Beirut blast 'was suicide attack'

Feb.14

Army 'on alert' after Beirut bomb

Accusations fly over Beirut blast

Huge blast kills ex-PM

Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has been killed in a large-scale bomb attack on his motorcade in Beirut

Hariri and at 9 others were killed when a massive bomb ripped through chic seafront boulevard. Members of the opposition hold Syria and the pro-Damascus Lebanese government responsible for the death of the businessman. The government held an emergency Cabinet meeting